we're in a situation where the economy is improving. earnings are going to do better than people pecked. remember shs we had a lot of negativity about what was going to happen this year. we're in a situation where if the economy doesn't do better than we get more qe. if it does improve, then the economy sim proves. earnings are better. everything goes up no matter what. >> bob, goldman is not the only one who has done it. other analyst, independents and others have done the same thing. >> key thing is gdp numbers were raised. retail sales numbers were better than expected. i think john's right. they'll do that with s&p numbers, although i haven't seen a lot. the only other one is isi. they had 1668 and now at 1690. they raised it. >> this is very healthy thing. we want the s&p to be going up based on stronger earnings. not just based on financial magic. that's what seems to be happening. great. >> mayor bloomberg is good for a topic here. he's decided he's going to ban cigarette advertising in the city establishments, keep all tobacco p